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    • 08/10/2020 - College Park, Georgia - Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a press conference with U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic located in a Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport paid parking facility in College Park, Monday, August 10, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Political Insider BlogKemp to withdraw lawsuit against city over mask mandate, restrictions
    As bystanders look on, a car does doughnuts in front of Ponce City Market in Atlanta.
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    NEW: City officials use barricades to crack down on Atlanta street races
    The Gwinnett County Public Schools district offices. AJC file photo
    Gwinnett County
    Gwinnett school apologizes for racially insensitive yearbook photo
    Georgia’s state Capitol. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
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    Georgia sets health premiums for teachers, state workers
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
    Political Insider Blog
    TRENDING NOW: Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighs in on Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Charles and Eugene Washington, an older generation of freedom fighters, stand in the foreground as Nikki Tarver and Myles Jackson, a younger generation can be seen talking in the background on June 30, 2020, in Louisville, Ga. All four have voiced their desires to see the market in Louisville where slaves were once sold removed from its present location. (Parish Howard/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
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    Georgia city votes to remove pavilion where slaves were sold
    A new national job training program that the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is helping coordinate will begin in 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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    New jobs training coordinated by Atlanta Federal Bank
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    Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during an online update of the city on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
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    Atlanta mayor orders report on COVID’s impact on minorities
    Atlanta police are searching for two people who they say robbed and shot a woman after she asked for a ride Friday morning.
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    Police: 2 sought after giving woman a ride, shooting her in Atlanta
    Inspire Atlanta
    In metro Atlanta, teens come together to clean up neighborhoods
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    Lamar County sheriff's Deputy Justyn Weaver underwent surgery at an Atlanta hospital and is recovering after being shot Saturday evening.
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    Georgia deputy faces ‘long road’ to recovery after ambush-style attack
    Atlanta-Defense attorney Warren Fortson has died. He played a role in trying to racially integrate Sumter County in the early 1960s and paid a price for his efforts. VINO WONG / VWONG@AJC.COM
    Obituaries
    Warren Fortson, 92, paid a price for supporting integration
    Authorities have recovered the body of a Covington teenager after he and his mother’s boyfriend drowned Tuesday while swimming in the Alcovy River.
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    UPDATE: 14-year-old’s body pulled from Newton County river
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    Study shows that doing yoga can help reduce anxiety
    The Doraville ordinance passed unanimously this week.
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    In this March 4, 2016 file photo, Sean Hannity of Fox News appears at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md.
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    Paroled New York murderer sentenced for coastal Ga. bank robbery
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    Pictured: Fairgoers at a previous Georgia National Fair. The 31st Georgia National Fair has been canceled due to the coronavirus.
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    A player prepares to hike the ball at the line of scrimmage during the first half of the Big Ten championship between Ohio State and Wisconsin Dec. 7, 2019, in Indianapolis.
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    Georgia senior homes still scramble for testing as COVID-19 cases rise
    Dan Goerke waves at his wife Denise to get her attention and hopefully a smile by temporarily removing his mask while social distancing from outside during a doorway visit at the Mann House, an Alzheimer's care facility that provides assisted living services on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Sandy Springs. (Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com)
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    The GBI search the home of Erik Sparre in the southeast area of Waynesville, Georgia, on Aug. 6, 2020. The GBI said the search was part of an effort to determine if Sparre was involved in the 1985 murders of Harold and Thelma Swain. (Tyson Horne / Tyson.Horne@ajc.com)
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    GBI searches property of man tied to Ga. church murders investigation
    Registered nurses Jesslyn Lewis (center) and Sasha Stewart (Right) conduct COVID-19 tests outside the Glynn County Health Department in Brunswick on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. RYON HORNE / RHORNE@AJC.COM
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    FIE - In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, Simon Cowell arrives at the "America's Got Talent" Season 13 Week 3 red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Cowell broke his back Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, while testing his new electric bicycle at his home in California. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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